netdev - [PATCH net-next v2 2/7] net: ipv4: Notify about changes to ip_forward_update

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Message-Id: <55313c0467f038b52be81b48c270747848c0ad21.1533076217.git.petrm@mellanox.com>
Date:   Wed, 01 Aug 2018 00:36:42 +0200
From:   Petr Machata <petrm@...lanox.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, corbet@....net, jiri@...lanox.com,
        idosch@...lanox.com, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org,
        shuah@...nel.org, nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com, dsahern@...il.com
Subject: [PATCH net-next v2 2/7] net: ipv4: Notify about changes to
 ip_forward_update_priority

Drivers may make offloading decision based on whether
ip_forward_update_priority is enabled or not. Therefore distribute
netevent notifications to give them a chance to react to a change.

Signed-off-by: Petr Machata <petrm@...lanox.com>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
---
 include/net/netevent.h     |  1 +
 net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/net/netevent.h b/include/net/netevent.h
index d9918261701c..4107016c3bb4 100644
--- a/include/net/netevent.h
+++ b/include/net/netevent.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ enum netevent_notif_type {
 	NETEVENT_DELAY_PROBE_TIME_UPDATE, /* arg is struct neigh_parms ptr */
 	NETEVENT_IPV4_MPATH_HASH_UPDATE, /* arg is struct net ptr */
 	NETEVENT_IPV6_MPATH_HASH_UPDATE, /* arg is struct net ptr */
+	NETEVENT_IPV4_FWD_UPDATE_PRIORITY_UPDATE, /* arg is struct net ptr */
 };
 
 int register_netevent_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
index e21dda015513..b92f422f2fa8 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
@@ -201,6 +201,23 @@ static int ipv4_ping_group_range(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int ipv4_fwd_update_priority(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+				    void __user *buffer,
+				    size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	struct net *net;
+	int ret;
+
+	net = container_of(table->data, struct net,
+			   ipv4.sysctl_ip_fwd_update_priority);
+	ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+	if (write && ret == 0)
+		call_netevent_notifiers(NETEVENT_IPV4_FWD_UPDATE_PRIORITY_UPDATE,
+					net);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int proc_tcp_congestion_control(struct ctl_table *ctl, int write,
 				       void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
@@ -668,7 +685,7 @@ static struct ctl_table ipv4_net_table[] = {
 		.data		= &init_net.ipv4.sysctl_ip_fwd_update_priority,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler   = proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.proc_handler   = ipv4_fwd_update_priority,
 		.extra1		= &zero,
 		.extra2		= &one,
 	},
-- 
2.4.11